Obesity Abstracts

Background: The weight management service at Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH) receives around 30 new referrals a month which are currently triaged to be seen jointly by a physician and dietitian at the same visit, with a referral to treatment time (RTT) of 28–32 weeks. The number of patients the service can see each month is limited by incompatible work patterns and lack of clinic space. We are receiving increasing numbers of referrals for complications of bariatric surgery s...

Introduction: There is increasing policy and academic interest in the role of the food environment in influencing rates of obesity, particularly in areas of deprivation. However although we have developed considerable insights into how to measure the ‘healthiness’ of retail environments, and assess access and availability to healthy food, less is understood about how individuals and families experience and engage with their environments.Methods...